Gary Sheler
Just about everyone over the age of 12 knows Gary Sheler in the Tri-State! Now the host of the KAAA-KZZZ Morning Show, Gary spent over a decade co-hosting TV-2’s morning show. But before he landed in the Tri-State,
Gary’s illustrious career included: running a campaign headquarters in El Paso for Barry Goldwater, a TV-Radio news journalist during the Vietnam War, a radio newsman in San Diego, CA., an ad agency sales executive, a writer, freelance script writing, copywriter, and many more. Gary’s a self-admitted news junkie and a part-time trivia expert.
Gary now brings his expertise, sense of humor, and experience to KAAA am 1230 and KZZZ am 1490. His huge fan-following is now at home with him on the Tri-State’s ONLY news/talk network!
Rush Limbaugh
Rush Hudson Limbaugh III, Rusty to his hometown friends, learned his conservative political philosophy and Midwestern values while growing up in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Rush got an early start discussing politics while shining shoes at age 13, eventually getting a taste of radio spinning records at KGMO in 1967 under the name of Rusty Sharpe.
Rush eventually left Missouri for a radio job in Pittsburgh that lasted 8 years. Eventually tiring of radio, Rush worked for the Kansas City Royals in the publicity office. While working in baseball, he was lured back into radio at Sacramento’s KFBK hosting a successful talk radio show in 1985.
Rush’s rise to fame wasn't always so easy. Over the years, he was fired no less than seven times from radio jobs before finding his niche and his loyal audience. His first nationally syndicated show started in 1988 with 56 stations across the country and he was inducted into the radio Hall of Fame in 1993. He also is a two-time winner of the prestigious Marconi Award in the category of Network Syndicated Personalities.
Rush can now be heard on over 660 radio stations across the country. His show is simulcast weekdays on KAAA 1230 AM and KZZZ 1490 AM from 9:00am until noon and Tri-State listeners are part of Rush’s loyal listeners.
Dr. Laura
Dr. Laura is practically a household name. With more than 12 million daily listeners and an on-air radio career spanning more than 25 years, Dr. Laura Schlessinger has made good use of her post doctoral certificate in Marriage, Family and Child Counseling from USC. The Dr. Laura Show is much like a one-on-one counseling session between she and her callers with biting insight into marriage, relationships, child rearing, and life in general. She’s the ultimate queen of no-nonsense advice and interestingly enough, she has a huge following among teens and adults in their twenties!
Best-selling author with NY Times best
sellers:
- Ten Stupid Things Couples Do To Mess Up Their Relationships
(2002)
- Parenthood by Proxy; Don’t Have Them if You Won’t
Raise Them (2000)
- The Ten Commandments; The Significance of God’s Laws in
Everyday Life (1998)
- How Could You Do That?! The Abdication of Character, Courage
and Conscience (1996)
- Ten Stupid Things Men Do To Mess Up Their Lives (1997)
- Ten Stupid Things Women Do To Mess Up Their Lives (1994)
Author, children’s books:
- But I Waaannt It! (2000)
- Why Do You Love Me? (1999)
- Growing Up Is Hard (2001)
Dr. Laura has her own foundation to raise money for children and families in need, she has done many live TV appearances on talk shows, and has won numerous awards and honors:
- Recipient, 1997 first woman to win Marconi Award for
Network/Syndicated Personality of the Year
- Recipient, 1998 American Women in Radio &
Television’s Genii Award
- Recipient, 1998 Israel 50th Anniversary Tribute Award for
contributions to humanity
- Recipient, 1998 Crystal Cathedral Academy Award for promoting
positive family values
Don’t miss the Tri-State’s daily dose of down-to-earth advice from one of the most popular and highly honored women in radio, every weekday on KAAA 1230 AM and KZZZ 1490 AM.
Laura Ingraham
"The Laura Ingraham Show" airs on KAAA 1230 AM and KZZZ 1490 AM weekday afternoons from 4:00 until 6:00. Always articulate and entertaining, "The Laura Ingraham Show" has been addicting legions of listeners since her launch into national syndication in 2001. Smart, funny, and ahead of the curve in politics and the culture, Laura's busting down the door of the "boys only" radio club. Laura takes listeners on a wild ride through the colliding worlds of politics, the news media, and Hollywood.
Her legal, political, writing, and television background distinguishes Laura in the field of increasingly homogeneous radio syndication. Whether she's on the watch for evidence of media bias, political hypocrisy or Hollywood inanity, Laura infuses her program with a level of energy and commitment to conservative principles that grabs hold and won't let go.
In addition to hosting her own syndicated radio program, Laura is an author and Fox News contributor. Her latest book, Power to the People, debuted at #1 on the New York Times bestseller's list.
Smart political talk isn't just for the boys anymore. Just say no to stupid radio and get hooked on Laura. It's not just a talk show - It's an addiction.
Laura's now a daily part of the Tri-State’s only All Talk Network - KAAA and KZZZ. Don’t miss the action and controversy every weekday afternoon starting at 4 o’clock!
Alan Colmes
After a string of successful radio shows on WNBC, WABC and WMCA in New York, Alan Colmes gained a reputation as a hard-hitting liberal known for his electric commentary on the American agenda. He has interviewed many key political and pop culture figures, including President Barack Obama, former President Bill Clinton, former Vice President Al Gore, Lynn Cheney, former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Senators John Kerry and John McCain, Newt Gingrich, Deepak Chopra, and Carole King.
After penetrating the Boston and New York markets with hit local radio shows, Colmes went from major market success to national talk radio prominence in 1990 with his fast-paced and informative afternoon news-driven show, which aired daily on hundreds of affiliates nationwide. He joined FOX News Channel in 1996, and co-hosted Hannity & Colmes for over twelve years. Today his radio show is syndicated by FOX News and heard on terrestrial radio stations across America, XM and Sirius Satellite Radio, and the American Forces Radio Network.
Dr. Dean Edell
Dr. Dean Edell is the host of America's second most popular syndicated radio talk show, heard on more than 400 radio stations, and is the anchor of Medical Minutes, a series of ten weekly radio medical reports. Dr. Edell is known for translating complicated medical information into concise,easy-to-understand reports and for tackling topics that are obscure, unusual and often controversial.
The Doctor began his career as one of the first "media doctors" in 1978 on KGO Radio in San Francisco. He has been the host of numerous television series on health, including programs for Discovery Channel, The Learning Channel, and national syndication, and was the author of the Edell Health Letter, published from 1982 until 1994. Over the past 20 years of broadcasting, he has won numerous media awards for his on-air work, including the C. Everett Koop Media Awards competition, the Edward R. Murrow Award, a national Emmy, the American Cancer Society recognition award, the American Heart Association award, and other prestigious medical and media awards.
A native of New York, Edell studied zoology at Cornell University and then earned his M.D. at Cornell University Medical School in 1967. Edell moved to California to do his residency at the University of California at San Diego. An ophthalmologist and surgeon, he set up private practice in San Diego and served as an instructor of Anatomy and a clinical instructor at the Department of Surgery for the University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine.
Edell gave up his private practice to pursue personal interests and now resides in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Mike Gallagher's road to being the 6th most listened-to radio talk show host in the country (Talkers Magazine) began in 1978 as a 17-year-old high school senior in Dayton, Ohio. Mike talked his way into an on-air shift at WAVI-AM in his Ohio hometown and has been talking on the radio and television ever since.
In 1998, The Mike Gallagher Show was launched nationally with 12 radio stations. Today, Talkers Magazine reports that he's the sixth most listened-to talk radio host in America with over 3.75 million weekly listeners in top ten markets like Los Angeles, Chicago, Dallas, Boston, Houston, and Philadelphia as well as cities all over the country, and is the 8th most recognized talk radio personality in America (The Benchmark Company). Mike has been featured in numerous magazines and newspapers including the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Time, and Forbes. Besides his talk radio duties, Mike is equally comfortable in front of television cameras, too. He's a Fox News Channel Contributor making frequent appearances on all of the Fox News Channel programs as well as occasionally guest hosting one of the talk shows on the cable news giant.
In addition to being wildly popular with listeners, Mike is enormously respected by his peers in the radio industry. Recently, he was named to Talkers Magazine "Heavy Hundred List", the 100 most influential and compelling talk hosts in America. This is the 11th consecutive year that he has been featured on this prestigious list. Mike's syndicator, Salem Radio Network, is based in Irving, Texas (near Dallas) and his show's offices and studios are in Irving as well as the world-famous Empire State Building in New York City.
Mike's proudest achievement is his family. Mike and his wife Denise live in New York City and the Dallas area. Their four boys, Bryan, Trevor, Matthew and Micah have "sprung the nest" and are living all over the country either going to college or working. However, beloved dogs Thumper and Buster are still home and require constant care and attention.
Kim Komando
Kim Komando is the host of The Kim Komando Show, a top-10-rated radio talk show with over 8 million listeners every week. She is also a syndicated columnist, and the author of seven books.
Today more than 400 radio stations carry her weekly show around the world including KAAA 1230 AM and KZZZ 1490 AM. Kim also is a syndicated columnist, appearing in over 100 newspapers, including USA Today. She also writes a technology column for small business on Microsoft's Small Business Web site.
Rejected by the big guys, she formed a partnership with Barry Young, a leading talk show host at KFYI in Phoenix. They formed WestStar TalkRadio Network and built a studio. Kim did the marketing; Barry kept the equipment running and formatted the show. Gradually, the show blossomed, as hundreds of radio stations signed on.
Kim has since acquired the status of a cultural icon. The 20th anniversary edition of Trivial Pursuit includes the question: "Who earned the moniker Digital Goddess while hosting a radio show on the Internet?" The answer, of course: Kim Komando.
Today, Kim runs a radio and publishing company with 30 employees. Her business, which is still growing rapidly, brings in millions of dollars per year. But she hasn't forgotten those tough early days.
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